Thx Dad from the Cats

This card was inspired by my cats' never ending need for food! Imagine that!  Velcro, especially, is food fixated. Every morning, he wakes me up by pawing me in the face or nipping my nose, so he can show me his food dish, which does have food in it.  He just needs to show me!  Later in the morning, he starts meowing at my husband and me. We have to follow him to look at his dish at least 10 more times throughout the day! It's quite comical, except for the nose nips!

For this card,  I used some beloved Paper Smooches products to build this grocery store scene. In the cart, there are lots of cans of cat food. I made it so the cans inside the card move around. The little bit of pattern paper is from Echo Park. 

Challenges:

Cut it Up Challenge # 358 ~ One for the Boys/Men

   Die cut--shopping cart, Dad's Day card

Double Trouble:  1-Masculine 

 2-Die Cut Element --cart

3. Paper from my ever growing stash of scraps!

Sweet Stampin' ~ Something For The Boys

Crafty Calendar June Challenge 'All About The Men/Boys'

FarmQuest Grocery Game Challenges #30 w Anything Food and or Drink Goes theme + #29 brags

     Hope cat food counts!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my cats' Father's Day card!

Hugs,

Debbie

 

Tune In

For this card, I went for a simple design. My husband loves to watch videos about cats on the TV while lounging on the couch with both of our cats snuggled in. Thus, the inspiration for the card!

Challenges:

Neglected Stuff June 2026 Challenge  Paper Smooches-Boob Tubes stamp set.  I've had this set for over 10 years!

Simon Says Masculine

Crafty Calendar June Challenge 'All About The Men/Boys'

Sweet Stampin' ~ Something For The Boys

Double Trouble-Challenge #218 3-2-1 Recipe "My Guy"  Masculine

  1. masculine-dad's day card (husband love's to watch TV and learn about cats)

  2. die cut--tag and stitched frame

  3. Scraps from my too large pile of scraps

Supplies/Materials:

Newton's Nook Designs

        Frames & Flags die set

        Frames & Tags die set

 Paper Smooches

        Boob Tubes stamp set

Lawn Fawn

        Happy Couples stamp set

My Mind's Eye

        Adventure paper pad

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Debbie

Hey Dad

With Father's Day approaching, I thought it was time to make a card for my husband from the cats. We currently have two cats, Catapult and Velcro.  We lost our beloved Peevey 15 years ago, but I thought he needed to be part of the card. I wanted more masculine paper, so I pulled a very old My Mind's Eye paper pad--Adventure. The colors and patterns make for a great "manly" vibe. I then die cut the striped paper with a die from Newton's Nook Designs-Frame & Flags die set. I cut a small piece using the blue paper. I added a cream trim to separate the carpet and the wall. I then stamped the TV set from a beloved stamp set by Paper Smooches--Boob Tubes. I then did some masking and stamped the little kittens from Lawn Fawn's Happy Couple stamp set. I then stamped the kitty from Lawn Fawn's Keep on Swimming stamp set.  I colored with Copic markers and did some fussy cutting. As I arranged things, I felt that the "room" was missing, so I pulled out Newton's Nook Designs Cozy Home stamp set. I stamped the little table and the vase, colored, and fussy cut.  I arranged everything and adhered to the panel.  I then cut the wood panel strip and added it to the card base before adding the panel.  My final touch was stamping the sentiment from the Boob Tubes stamp set.  I think this is going to make a wonderful Dad's Day card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Debbie

Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Masculine

Challenge 40 with the theme: no square 

Festive Friday Challenge #211

Masculine Colors

Father's Day Sentiment

Pattern Paper

Double Trouble's Challenge #217

Father's Day-Blue Raffle

Enjoy Your Day

 

I create this fun CAS card using the following products:

Newton's Nook Designs

Retired Corgi Beach stamp set

Retired Newton's Summer Vacation (sentiment)

Banner Trio Dies

From my stash:  water paper and cardstock

Challenges that inspired this card:

Try A Sketch On Tuesday #671

Thing 1-Double Trouble #291 3-2-1 Recipe Sun Fun

Thing 2-Double Trouble #291 3-2-1 Recipe Sun Fun

Stamping Sensations-June Furry Friends or Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs, 

Debbie

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Link up at Inky Paws Challenge

Good Luck

I had some time today to play with some fun challenges.  My card includes the following products:

Newton's Nook Designs:

Circle Frames die set

Newton's Pot of Gold stamp set

Clouds stencil

Sky Scene Builder die set

Rainbow dies from Paper Smooches

Thanks for stopping by!

Debbie

Challenges:

Festive Friday FFO154-St. Patrick's Day

Shamrock/Clover, Good Luck Sentiment, Green, Rainbow

Double Trouble-#161 Pinch Proof

Creative Crafting Uncles--#50 Rainbow Card

Cardz 4 Galz #220-Use some green

 

The Luck of the Irish

 

I am loving the newly released St. Patrick's products at Newton's Nook Designs! Today's card features the following NND products:

Newton's Lucky Clover stamp set

Shamrocks Hot Foil Plate

Bookmark die set

Cardstock--from my stash

Challanges:

#FFO154

Used green, gold, and good luck sentiment, and a shamrock

Double Trouble-Pinch Proof and Festive Friday
Used 4 elements from Festive Friday

Shopping Our Stash #516 Not Easy Being Green 

Cardz 4 Galz #220-Use some green

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #3

 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Here's my third card for the Coffee Lovers Blog hop.  I am excited about this one because I love the colors--pale teal, cream, gray with a pop of pale pink.   

This card features a products from several amazing sponsors of this hop!

Newton's Nook Designs:  Sentiment:  A Kitten Christmas (A Christmas) & Love Cafe' (Espresso)

                                          Santa Hat: Christmas Puppies

                                          Die Set: Frames & Flags

The Rabbit Hole Designs:  Stamp:  Caffeinated Cat

A big thank you to all the sponsors!

Debbie

I'm also entering this card in the Double Trouble Challenge #97 Dela-Brew.

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop #2

 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

I'm back with another card for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers blog hop.  

This card features a products from several amazing sponsors of this hop!

Newton's Nook Designs:  Stencil: Waves 

                                          Stamp:  Sun Soaked Christmas  (Palm trees image & sentiment)

The Rabbit Hole Designs:  Stamp:  Caffeinated Flamingo

Sunny Studio Stamps:  Tropical Scenes Stamps

A big thank you to all the sponsors!

Debbie

I'm also entering this card in the 

Challenge #97-A "DeJa-BREW" 

2021 Special Participation in the 2021 Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Blog Hop

CIC#497--Double Trouble Partner

Welcome to Cupcake Inspirations Challenge--

This week will ask you to include Flowers with Pearls and/or Sequins.

Source

We've also partnered up with 
Double Trouble!

When you enter our challenge this week, be sure to run over to the Double Trouble Challenge blog and see what their co-coordinating challenges are, so  you can link up with them as well!  The more aspects of the challenge you do, the more entries you will receive to win their prize!

Here's my inspiration!

I wanted to make a fun, playful summer card with a hint of flowers, sequins, and pearls.  I used Newton's Nook Design's Sunscape stencil to create the sunshine and the sandy beach.  I then used NND's Wave stencil to create the cool, blue waves.  I added some palm trees to my scene using NND's Paradise Palms stamp set.  I stamped a couple surfing-lovin' felines from NND's Perfect Wave stamp set.  I then die cut a couple Polaroid picture frames and placed them over the felines.  I adhered and trimmed.  I added a sequin flower and leaves to the kitten holding the floral surf board and a little crab cut out to the boy's photo.  I sprinkled a few sequins and added some brown pearls on the palm, now turned coconut, trees!  I heat embossed the sentiment. That's it--a fun, playful little card just right for summer!

Now it's your turn to play with Cupcake Inspirations Challenge--Flowers with pearls and/or sequins!  Don't forget to check out the Double Trouble Challenge!

Hugs, 

Debbie

CIC467 Reminder--STAMPlorations and Double Trouble

There's still a few days left to play along with our 

latest Cupcake Inspirations Challenge

Have you had a chance to make a card for our latest 
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge?

We are sponsored by STAMPlorations.  who is generously providing our randomly chosen winner with a $20 gift code to their amazing store!

Below is the cupcake image the inspire you to create a card  
or other craft project. 

This week is a Theme challenge.  
We want to see one or more woodland critters in you project or card!

We are also teaming up with the Double Trouble Challenge for a second way to enter your card featuring Woodland Critters. 

 

When you enter our challenge with woodland creatures, be sure to run over to the Double Trouble Challenge blog and see what their co-coordinating challenges are, so you can link up with them as well!  The more aspects of the challenge you do, the more entries you will receive to win their prize!

Here is more inspiration:

My card features an amazing sentiment from STAMPlorations. This is from the Noteworthy 2 stamp set which has many other unique and inspiring says. 

I used the Tree Ring stencil from Newton's Nook Designs with this sweet mouse from NND's Mice Garden set.  I rounded two corners, added some enamel dots, and a bit of twine.  A pretty simple, but sweet card.  I hope you will join us at Cupcake Inspirations for your chance to win!

Hugs, 

Debbie

CIC467--STAMPlorations and Double Trouble

This biweekly challenge is sponsored by STAMPlorations.

STAMPlorations is generously providing a $20 gift code to our randomly chosen winner.

Thank you for sponsoring this challenge!

Each challenge, we provide a cupcake to inspire you to create a card or other craft project following our suggested theme or colors.  Here is this week's cupcake (linked to original source):

We are also trying something new by teaming up with the Double Trouble Challenge for a second way to enter your card featuring Woodland Critters. 

Here's a bit about our friends at Double Trouble:


Welcome to Double Trouble - We're two retired ladies bringing you a new challenge blog where we hope you find fun and inspiration! We're not affiliated with any companies and welcome all participants. Our challenge will include Thing 1-Trouble Maker the Basic Challenge, Thing 2-Double Dare being a surprise element in which you may or may not decide to participate and Thing 3-Twisted Sister, will appear with an optional twist to the Challenge.

Our theme for this challenge is to add woodland creatures--foxes, raccoons, deer, squirrels--to your project.  

When you enter our challenge this week, be sure to run over to the Double Trouble Challenge blog and see what their co-coordinating challenges are, so  you can link up with them as well!  The more aspects of the challenge you do, the more entries you will receive to win their prize!

Now for my inspiration:

My card features an amazing sentiment from STAMPlorations. This is from the Noteworthy 2 stamp set which has many other unique and inspiring says. 

I paired this saying up with a this sweet bear who is going fishing. I was thinking of my husband when I made this card because he loves to fish and needs to do more of it.  I created a fun forest scene with a stream running through it.

I hope this inspires you to make a project using a woodland critter!

Link up at Cupcake Inspirations!

Hugs,

Debbie